40.6915° N, 73.8057° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Jamaica, NY, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
January 26, 1978 · 19:00 local
Place
Jamaica, NY
Airport
Jfk International
Phase of flight
Initial Approach-IFR
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
AAL
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N664
Reported as
Boeing 747/
People aboard
108
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
0 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days
From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
Passengers cigarette burned jacket and seat cushion before being put out by crew.
As the FAA filed it
PASSENGERS CIGARETTE BURNED JACKET AND SEAT CUSHION BEFORE BEING PUT OUT BY CREW.